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  • Lack of empathy towards individuals engaging in self-injurious behaviors is a significant issue.
  • Understanding the psychological mechanisms behind this reduced empathy is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how knowledge of prior self-injury affects observers' empathy, perceived agency, perspective-taking, and willingness to help.
  • To explore the interplay between perceived agency, empathy, and helping behaviors in observers.

Main Methods:

  • Employed implicit and explicit measures across three distinct participant samples.
  • Assessed observers' responses to targets with histories of deliberate versus accidental self-injury.

Main Results:

  • Observers reported decreased empathy and perceived less agency in individuals with a history of deliberate self-injury compared to accidental injury.
  • Reduced perceived agency mediated decreased empathy, while decreased empathy mediated lower willingness to help.
  • When a victim had a history of deliberate self-injury, observers showed less empathy, compassion, and willingness to help.

Conclusions:

  • Findings suggest observers may struggle to empathize with self-injurious behaviors due to attributions of agency.
  • Interventions encouraging focus on individual agency and situational explanations may enhance empathy and support for individuals with a history of self-injury.